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Which type of lottery player are you?

October 1st 2009 00:10

There are only two types of lottery player: those who pick new numbers every week and those who always choose the same numbers. Some people like to chase luck while others like to stand still and hope luck catches them.

If you are the sort who likes to chase your luck, however, news from Bulgaria may cause you to rethink.

The numbers drawn in the Bulgarian national lottery of September 6 were 4, 15, 23, 24, 35 and 42. In the next drawing, four days later, the same six numbers came out. Bulgaria's Sports Minister has ordered an enquiry.

Mathematician Mihail Konstantinov worked out the odds of the same six numbers being chosen twice in a row: 4.2 million to one. But we want to know if Konstantinov's probability calculation factored in that there are only two types of lottery player ...

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Comment by Norm

October 1st 2009 00:24

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The lottery is like a box of chocolates. You pay through the teeth.

Comment by Norm

October 1st 2009 00:26

Consumption Malfunction
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The lottery is like a box of chocolates.
You end up paying through the teeth.

Comment by Norm

October 1st 2009 00:28

Consumption Malfunction
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Footy Power

These comments are like a lottery.
Take your pick.

Comment by Chris Champion

October 1st 2009 00:36

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Right.
Right.
I'll have the strawberry cream.

Comment by Morgan Bell

October 1st 2009 05:00

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i never play lotto, i never gamble in any way, if its not a sure thing i cant be bothered

Comment by Chris Champion

October 1st 2009 05:06

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Hi Morgan,

Isn't a sure thing a lot less fun? That's why there are so many night clubs and so few brothels

Comment by Morgan Bell

October 1st 2009 05:09

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well i guess it depends what you go to a nightclub for, i go to drink, and thats always a sure thing

Comment by Janet Collins

October 1st 2009 11:13

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I am a real small time gambler. I love lotteries and lotto - and just a correction on your post - a lottery (at least here) is where you buy a ticket and a winner (and winners) are drawn. Lotto is where you get to pick the numbers.

I usually use the same numbers but sometimes vary them in the hope that my numbers will come up one day.

By the way, did the same person win twice?

Comment by Chris Champion

October 1st 2009 13:13

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Hi Janet,

According to the report I saw, there were no winners the first week and 18 winners the second week. No wonder they launched an enquiry.

Comment by Janet Collins

October 1st 2009 13:53

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I thought it was really suspiciious that two lotto draws in Sydney got to $80 m in more or less the same week. It hadn't happened before. Interesting because I know the State government is trying to sell the lotteries.

Coincidence? Perhaps.